Medical College Trivandrum, 1992 MBBS batch

I spoke to Jayachandran T yesterday- he is on leave from Medical College, where he was a lecturer in Medicine, and has been working at the SGPGI Lucknow in their Cardiology department. He informs me that Jaison is working as a Surgeon at the Railway Hospital in Perambur, while Muralikrishnan continues to work as a Physician at the Palakkad Railway Hospital. Harilal meanwhile, has joined the Nuclear Medicine department at our Medical College..

There is a keralamela scheduled in DC this weekend; here is a snippet from the FAQ section. If u think i am making this up- check out www.keralamela.com Q: I am a Malayalee and my wife is an American. She is wondering whether she will be able to see a live elephant at Kerala Mela with all the ornaments like we saw once at Thrissur Pooram? A: Unfortunately the laws do not allow for us to bring a live elephant from Kerala at this time. We are planning to have some thing close though. I am sure if she enjoyed Thrissur Pooram during your visit to India, she will definitely love what we are setting up at the Kerala Mela. Q: I have tasted ‘puttu & pappadam' from a ‘Thattukada' when I visited Kerala with my parents many years ago. Are you planning to have such a ‘Thattukada' at Kerala Mela. A: Yes we do. One of the booths that we will have is in fact a fully functional ‘Thattukada' and you will be able to get everything that you can get from a ‘Thattukada' in Kerala.

Its a strange world where its easier to download and watch 'classmates' off the internet, than buying a ticket to watch it in the theater because its still running housefull....

Jk recently went to Houston to take the Clinical exam and had the "privilege" to visit Baylors official Mallu Bouncer. Rumor has it that his wife is still in shock: She had begun to think that this guy who only wears Jets Tshirts/caps had become americanized enough to present before her parents, but when he had a small spiritual ( as in alcoholic spirit) session with JK, all his pent up malluness came out. No wonder he decided to move as far away from Civilization(NY) as possible and settle in Texas....

There is a Cardiothoracic surgeon in Amrita Institute in Kochi - with this name. I guess our Man is pretty busy and happy here !

Sona Abraham (95 batch), her husband George and her brother Sunil visited us this past weekend. Sona completed her residency last year from Mercy and is doing her fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

  

Working so hard in chettiar's kitchen and having to listen to the boss's tirades sure does make one hungry....

devouring his first meal of the day after a hard days work...note that although he works as someone's milkman, his tastes are pretty expensive- sushi nonetheless, and that too with chopstix. vanchiyoor junctionil, rams restaurantil ninnu meals ready adichittu, embakkam vittu nadanavan ippol brooks brothers inte cashmere blazerum ittu japanese bhakshanam mondhunu...manushyan purogamikyunathe !!!

jk has got a new job in north carolina...since he has vast experience in this from kerala, they gave him the job without any background checks...

Bijesh is doing his McH in Neurosurgery from Vellore and Tinku Jose is also doing his McH in neurosurgery, but at our medical college. (courtesy JK)

JK and his wife Asha came over to the US on Oct 2nd. they are currently enjoying the hospitality of pradeep in north carolina. They should be attending interviews before returning back to india in early january..

SCAI.org - Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions SCAI, Cordis Announce 2006 Fellowship Awardees SCAI (Society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions) and Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company, together honored two interventionalists-in-training at the Society’s 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago. As the recipients of the 2006 SCAI/Cordis Fellowship Program for Interventional Cardiology, Saar Danon, M.D., and Priya Velappan, M.D., will each receive a $25,000 grant to support their research in the year ahead. The two interventional cardiologists-in-training should be very proud of this accomplishment, said Frank J. Hildner, M.D., FSCAI, who chairs the SCAI committee that evaluates the submissions and selects the grant recipients. “The competition was fierce this year,” said Dr. Hildner. “We had a record number of well-qualified applicants and research proposals of the highest quality. The committee agonized over its decision. We wished we could h

Leema and her husband Manoj became proud parents of a baby Boy on October 3rd.

Ben, who is currently a second year resident in internal medicine has been accepted into the Hematology-Oncology fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, starting July 07.